ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,091, issued on May 26, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Electrochemical energy store, means of transport, cell vent and method for manufacturing a cell vent" was invented by Philip Kotter (Munich), Simon Lux (Muenster, Germany), Matthias Reichert (Ingolstadt, Germany), Alexander Rheinfeld (Munich) and Sebastian Scharner (Tuerkenfeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to an electrochemical energy store, a means of transport, a manufacturing method and a cell vent for an electrochemical energy store. In one form a cell vent comprises a first layer comprising a metal and a sec...